Bottom Line: Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is a really interesting take on classic JRPG tropes and mechanics, but doesn't quite do justice to its interesting premise.

Bottom Line: Surviving Mars is a gorgeous city building survival RTS that combines elements of strategy games and survival games to add a welcome layer of urgency and mechanical depth to an otherwise chill gameplay setup.

Bottom Line: Far Cry 5, for all its narrative missteps, is an excellent action adventure game that's a perfect match for anyone looking to blow stuff up in a gorgeously rendered open world. If you can look past the muddled story, this is your game.

Bottom Line: Far Cry 5, for all its narrative missteps, is an excellent action adventure game that's a perfect match for anyone looking to blow stuff up in a gorgeously rendered open world. If you can look past the muddled story, this is your game.

Bottom Line: While the mechanical idiosyncrasies make Assassin's Creed: Rogue Remastered a really tough game to like, looking past them reveals a bold, risky narrative that completely recontextualizes everything you know about the series' lore.